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Poems

in Journals, Magazines and Anthologies

Below are only samplings of published poems in Journals, Magazines, and Anthologies. Numerous more have been published.

Title
Publisher
Date
Link Text
Would you like to die in another's trash?
Cathexis Northwest Press
May 2024
Read (page 53)
Flowers and singing whales
The Ekphrastic Review
April 2024
Read (please scroll down)
Mom
Alexandria Torpedo Factory Artists competition
January 2024
If my pack is good, I'm good
Pen-in-Hand, Maryland Writers' Association literary journal
January 2024
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Whom shall I blame or groom?
The Ekphrastic Review
November 2023
Read (please scroll down)
Gandhi, Gus and Renewal
Setu
October 2023
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Communications and The Bald Eagle
Pen-In-Hand, Maryland Writers' Association Literary Journal
July 2023
Poor Aging South Asian Mom and the Realtor’s Assistant and Cobwebs, Vitamins, and Freedom!
Maryland Writers’ Association’s Literary Journal
January 2023
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Tootna of animal and human spirits: A collection of ten monokus
Pen-In-Hand, Maryland Writers' Association's Literary Journal
July 2022
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Half woman, half empty
Pen-In-Hand, Maryland Writers' Association's Literary Journal
January 2022
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Tears can come anytime
FemAsia
January 2022
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Eye of the storm
The Ekphrastic Review
December 2021
No clean slate with blood
The Ekphrastic Review
December 2021
Life and Muse of biorhythm
Teesta Journal
December 2021
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Holika, Sita, Sati
Confluence
December 2021
Kisses at the espresso bar
FemAsia
October 2021
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Ask me your fortune, if you dare
The Journal of Expressive Writing
October 2021
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My soul sits at the edge of Arlington and Washington DC
The Dillydoun Review
October 2021
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Of in-law daughters and mothers, Prayer and Humdrum
Cathexis Northwest Press
October 2021
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I want a wholesome life
The Dillydoun Review
September 2021
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Whispers
The Dillydoun Review
August 2021
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Reclaim my space
The Journal of Expressive Writing
August 2021
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Blues of a strong Indian woman in mid America small town, Ancient Creation, and Broken People
Lapis Lazuli
August 2021
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Koala and Judases, Humans and extinctions, and Flame and Escape
Das Literarisch
August 2021
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I interpret my colorless drink
FemAsia
July 2021
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Sumair
The Ekphrastic Review
July 2021
Of Rainbows and Jellyfish
Pen in Hand, Maryland Writers Association Journal
July 2021
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Maryada and Modern Draupadi
The Dillydoun Review
July 2021
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The Eyes of Valentine
The Ekphrastic Review
July 2021
Read
Humans and extinctions
Cathexis Northwest Press
July 2021
Read
Some Chidiya (birds) are wise
Visual Verse
Read
Two wells
Visual Verse
July 2021
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To be or not to be
Visual Verse
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King is not well & Please don’t say he is dead, Trivia is possible
Life and Legends
June 2021
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Monsoon Peeks
House of Haiku
June 2021
Native and Jazz Vocalist
Confluence
May 2021
Finally, She Showered (Novel Excerpt)
Aaduna
May 2021
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The Trojan Horse
The Dillydoun Review
May 10, 2021
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Nagini that may not comply
Visual Verse
May 10, 2021
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What's wrong with us Kali women?
FemAsia
April 25, 2021
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A new day (read out by Brian Salmons); (Podcast)
The Ekphrastic Review
April 2021
Listen
Greatest warrior is metamorphic Mother Earth
The Dillydoun Review
April 2021
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A new day
The Ekphrastic Review
March 2021
Festivals of life
The Dillydoun Review
March 2021
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The eyes of valentine, Haboobs and Skeletons and When I get dressed and go out (Video Poem)
Poetryspective
March 2021
Watch
My Dreams
The Journal of Expressive Writing
March 2021
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Parents
Visual Verse
March 2021
Read
Excerpts from my unpublished novel
FemAsia and Alreadyfeminine
February 2021
Corona love-life layers, What happened to their clothes and Sleepless Nights
Spectrum
February 2021
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Who let the pigs out?
Visual Verse
February 2021
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Teaching chair yoga at an assisted living home
The Burrow
February 2021
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Dance of life keeps me going
The Burrow
February 2021
Read
Sleepless Nights and Airplanes in flight, when a heart came to be in crimson and saffron
'Borderless' and 'Crooked Hearts Press Poetry Board'
December 2020 and February 2020
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One with nature
Setu
December 2020
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There's a hole in my heart but my heart's not a hole---it's whole
Setu
December 2020
Read
COVID19's Inverted Triangle in the anthology
Pandemic Poetry
December 2020
Uncertainty, My Secret Lover
The Mirror of Time
December 2020
Excerpts from my unpublished novel
Laps Lazuli
Spring 2020
Rape and Bandit Queen-Phoolan Devi
Confluence
November 2020
In which climate will you celebrate?
Borderless
November 2020
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Gandhi's Chaadar
Setu
November 2020
Read
Fallacy Of A Single Immigrant Mom
FemAsia
October 2020
Read
Ten poems relaed to COVID19
Stanford University’s Digital Humanities initiative, “Life in Quarantine: Witnessing Global Pandemic,” sponsored by their Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA)
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Gandhi's Chaadar (Video Poem)
Setu
September 2020
Breathe
Confluence
September 2020
Who Am I (a joint poem with six other poets)
Setu
August 2020
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The Crystal Ball is Sick and Tired (Video Poem)
Global Poetry Web
August 2020
Watch
Hold On Baby, We'll Soon Be Home (Video Poem)
Doordarshan, Kolkata
August 2020
Hard: Us, animals, and the aliens
In All The Spaces-Diverse voices in global women’s poetry (Anthology)
June 2020
Hard: Us, animals, and the aliens
Setu
January 2020
Quail
In All The Spaces-Diverse voices in global women’s poetry (Anthology)
June 2020
Quail
Confluence
August 2019
How easy it is for a Black life to be taken
The POM-Medium
May 2020
How easy it is for a Black life to be taken (2nd Version)
PEN, Maryland Writers’ Association Journal
July 2020
How easy it is for a Black life to be taken (Video Poem)
Poetryspective, Victoria, Australia
Metamorphosis and Catharsis of the rodent and the cat
Imperfect Words-Medium
May 2020
Family Blood
Creative Café-Medium
May 2020
Set straight
Setu
January 2020
Democracy in decline
Setu
January 2020
Smooth Operators
In All The Spaces-Diverse voices in global women’s poetry (Authorspress)
June 2020
It’s not all about sex
In All The Spaces-Diverse voices in global women’s poetry (Anthology)
June 2020
It’s not all about sex
Confluence
August 2020
Las Vegas temptations
The POM-Medium
May 2020
Bellagio fountain speaks
Imperfect Words-Medium
May 2020
Bellagio fountain speaks
In All The Spaces-Diverse voices in global women’s poetry (Anthology)
June 2020
Sweet adrenaline
Setu
January 2020
Sweet adrenaline (Video Poem)
Setu
May 2020
Chase away demons left behind
Setu, January 2020, and in the anthology, In All The Spaces-Diverse voices in global women’s poetry, June 2020
January 2020 and June 2020
Pity, go take a hike
Setu
January 2020
A woman’s age is kicking and alive
Creative Café-Medium
May 2020
Ache
Confluence
May 2020
Corona and love-life savers
Confluence, May 2020, The Burrow, August 2020 and Spectrum, February 2021
May 2020, August 2020 and January 2021
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Jim Henson says, “The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.”
Creative Café-Medium
May 2020
See the blue sky again
Confluence
May 2020
COVID19 stigma
The POM-Medium
May 2020
What happened to their clothes? (Video Poem)
Setu
April 2020
What happened to their clothes?
Creative Café-Medium, May 2020, The Burrow, August 2020, and in Spectrum, February 2021
May 2020, August 2020 and February 2021
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Because, “people care about people who care about themselves”
Setu
January 2020
Mom’s shoulders
The POM-Medium
July 17, 2020
A Stronger Species
Age of Empathy-Medium
July 17, 2020
Hold on, baby, we’ll soon be home (Video Poem)
Doordarshan, Kolkata
July 2020
It's not all about sex
Confluence
August 2019
Quail
Confluence
August 2019
Diaspora and Atonement and Some thoughts need not be spoken
Lapis Lazuli
Spring 2018
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Metamorphosis & Catharsis, and How Can I Pretend
Confluence
August 2018
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Would you like to try on my hat, please
Confluence
May 2018
Read
Devi
Colere
October 2017
Darkie and They Say People Need To Unite and Dyeing-undeying Love Of and Moving Diversity-Moving Spaces and Single Immigrant Mom
AAUW-The Empire State Virtual (NY) Branch Newsletter
Winter 2018
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Blame and Stories
Confluence
May 2017
Read
Minimalist Immigrants
Aaduna
April 6, 2017
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Why Label? and You, Me and the Animals
Confluence
November 2016
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Migratory Birds and A Mom and Her Little Girl and For Whom the Bells Toll, and You Are An Immigrant Too
Aaduna
Summer -September- 2016
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Perhaps Love---No Stupid and Coming & Going
Aberration Labyrinth
August 2016
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I Am A New “Aging” Woman and Spilt Milk
Confluence
August 2016
Read
The Veil
Confluence
May 2016
Read
Cacophony
Confluence
November 2015
Read
It’s Too Late Now
Aberration Labyrinth
February 2015
Read

Monoku Poems

Title
Publisher
Date
Link Text
No Real Embrace
House of Haiku
October 25, 2021
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Diddle-Daddle
House of Haiku
October 25, 2021
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Three Monoku
House of Haiku
November 3, 2021
Read
Gifting a gift
Old Water Rat Journal
February 2022
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As my womanhood sees, Hide & seek or quiet, Untouchability is an attitude
Setu
February 2022
Read
Sleep or gold and Of no real value
Confluence
February 2022
Some birds are wise
Visual Verse
March 2022
Read
Pampushky Dreams
The Ekphrastic Review
March 2022
Read
Who an I Today?
Journal of Expressive Writing
April 2022
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Okay and Enough
FemAsia
April 2022
Read
Mom and her Motia (Jasmine)
Setu
May 2022
Read
Sweet cats and the dire fire!
The Ekphrastic Review
June 2022

Publications on Medium

Title
Publisher
Date
Link Text
Three monoku poems on a fall and Halloween
House of Haiku
03/11/2021
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Diddle-daddle
House of Haiku
25/10/2021
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No real embrace
House of Haiku
26/10/2021
Read
Monsoon Peeks
House of Haiku
01/06/2021
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Red II
House of Haiku
27/01/2021
Read
Red
House of Haiku
27/01/2021
Read
Three things I do when I find errors/typos in my published writings!
An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)
21/04/2020
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Jim Henson says, “The most sophisticated people I know — inside they are all children.”
The Creative Café
11/05/2020
Read
Bangles
The Creative Café
13/05/2020
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what happened to their clothes?
The Creative Café
14/05/2020
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A Woman’s Age is kicking and alive
The Creative Café
14/05/2020
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Bellagio Fountain Speaks
Imperfect Words
14/05/2020
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Metamorphosis of the rodent and the cat
Imperfect Words
15/05/2020
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COVID19 Quarantine Cabin Fever?
A Club
18/05/2020
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Feeling Down, Being Down
Imperfect Words
18/05/2020
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Family Blood
The Creative Café
20/05/2020
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Just
Imperfect Words
21/05/2020
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COVID19 Stigma?
The POM
22/05/2020
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Las Vegas Temptations
The POM
22/05/2020
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Monsoon Rains
House of Haiku
23/05/2020
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Tenderly
The Creative Café
25/05/2020
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Priya learnt she was adopted
The POM
25/05/2020
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In love
House of Haiku
26/05/2020
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As the Princeton University Dinky neared the station on a cold, raining wintry night in 1969…
A Club
27/05/2020
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I may miss something so…
House of Haiku
28/05/2020
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Wisdom
House of Haiku
30/05/2020
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Pandemic
House of Haiku
30/05/2020
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How easy it is for a Black life to be taken
The POM
07/06/2020
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Fragrances of lost Earth
Imperfect Words
07/06/2020
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Zoomies of a puppy
House of Haiku
08/06/2020
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My mom
House of Haiku
10/06/2020
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Jasmines
House of Haiku
21/06/2020
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Sip of wine
The POM
24/06/2020
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Aged brew
Imperfect Words
26/06/2020
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No crying over spilled milk
House of Haiku
06/07/2020
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Hold on baby, we’ll soon be home
The POM
11/07/2020
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A Stronger Species (not calling them the human narcissist word, aliens)
Age of Empathy
17/07/2020
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Mother’s Shoulders
The POM
17/07/2020
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Dry Air
House of Haiku
19/07/2020
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Past is not a lesson, sadly
House of Haiku
14/08/2020
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Beauty of Daily Blessings
House of Haiku
23/08/2020
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Gentle Rain
House of Haiku
27/09/2020
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First Kiss
House of Haiku
11/10/2020
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Close to Two Lands
House of Haiku
31/10/2020
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